This document discusses and analyzes the album covers of three artists: Marlowe, Testcard, and Roja. For Marlowe's albums, the covers progressively become less sexually suggestive and more abstract, though they maintain a consistent font and use of the color red. Testcard's debut album cover is a stark contrast, with a simple gray and black design. Roja's cover features a detailed black and white illustration that hints at Spanish/Latin influences through the imagery and title text.

1. Simon Bradshaw:
Album Covers
Marlowe, Testcard & Roja

2. • Marlowe deepsparklecorner
debut album
• This is marlowe’s first debut EP ‘its
turning me on’.
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• The cover seems to be a photograph
of a women putting lipstick on with
red covering the whole album.
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• The writing is all in non-capitals and
is white which makes it clear over the
red background.
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• Overall, it’s quite a sexual album
cover as the title itself highlights that
and also the woman with her body
position, revealing her legs and
putting red lipstick on with red being
known as an overall theme for
danger and sexual energy.
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• When discussing in class I was leading
to this band being rock/alternative
and it’s target audience quite possibly
could be edgy/indie as the image is
quite ‘mature’ for younger audiences.

3. • This is marlowe’s debut album
‘darksparklecorner’.
• The image immediately makes
me feel slightly uneasy and
brings questions like who is it
and what was happening when
this photo was taken.
• The title of the album is quite
unusual and makes me think
more deeply about the meaning
of it.
• The album shares similarities
with the first EP with the similar
font and text colour with the
style of non-capitals and small
sizing.
• I also think it refers back to the
theme of mature r audiences
and the genre of rock/indie
style music.

4. • This is marlowe’s second
album ‘a day in july’.
• The album shares
similarities to the previous
covers like the font and
size of the text and the
solid red emphasising the
cover.
• However, it is slightly less
scandalous compared to
the others as it seems a
lot more peaceful and
calm whilst the other two
have more intense
images.
• Looking at this I would
say the target audience
could be anybody as the
image has no reference to
drugs/sex etc and is very
tame.

5. • This marlowe’s 3rd album
‘deep breathe fake air’.
• The cover is different to
the other albums as it’s
an illustration which is
unusual with the title
being quite odd and
interesting.
• Like the others. it shares
the same font and solid
red background.
• If I had to guess I would
say the target audience
woud still be metal/rock
just by the title as it’s
quite informal and
confusing.

6. • Here is Testcards debut album
‘Lines’, compared to the other
albums it has little similarities
as its main colour are grey and
black and it is very un-eye-
catching in my opinion.
• It is very structured compared
to the others as everything is
aligned including the text
whilst with the other albums
the titles usually are in
opposite ends of each other
and are less centre.
• The album cover reminds me a
lot of Coldplay’s X&Y with the
simple illustration and shapes.
• I would say the genre would be
alternative rock/folk and the
target audience teenagers
upwards.

7. • This is the album
‘Promises I should have
kept’ by Roja.
• Similarly there is a hint
of red in the title most
likely because red in
Spanish is roja.
• The illustration is very
detailed and almost
slightly humorous with
the drawings.
• I think the genre of
music would be rock/
Spanish-Latin due to the
font and title of the
album and the classic
black and white
illustration of a stallion
and what seems to be a
Spanish Senorita.